Flea mart find

[shaper]

I went to the local flea mart today. Fortunately I had some extra cash on hand. I saw a hand written sign on the back of a truck that simply said "powder". I went over and looked in the box and saw two new bottles of Unique powder. For $28. per bottle they both came home with me, along with a bottle of 4895 for the same price. This was the first Unique powder that I had seen for sale for over a year so I didn't much care how much it would cost, I was going to buy it.

[Beagle333]

Heck, that's cheaper than my LGS on powder. They have most stuff in stock again, but it's $30-32 + tax per bottle.

[GoodOlBoy]

sounds like a heck of a deal to me! Congrats on the find.

GoodOlBoy

[jeepyj]

Unique powder, My absolute favorite! Its sure fun to stumble across something that everyone wants but your the lucky one to get it!
Jeepyj

[MUSTANG]

Powder envy. Been looking for Unique for over two years now.

[dragon813gt]

It depends on your area. Powder has been $25-$35 a pound here for close to ten years. When Powder Valley was selling CCI primers for $20 they were $30 here. Prices have actually stayed consistent through this last shortage.

[Fergie]

Great find.

I was ecstatic when the LGS called me the other day and said they had powder in. Told me they 4-8# kegs of W231 that was only being sold to those they "know." Price was acceptable and I was down to my last 100 or so grains of the stuff. There are three other happy folks in my area too!

[robg]

in uk its £35 a lb ,

[tomme boy]

Powder was 17-19/lb here before things went nuts. Now it depends on the shop. One place that is around 80 miles from here always has powder is 19-24 for Alliant and 24-27 for Hodgdon/IMR. Local all powder is 32-36. It cost me about 12$ to run out to the other shop. I usually take 2 other people with me when we go. They pay for the gas, so it does not cost me anything.

So the shops are the ones that are raising the prices.

[shaper]

Forgot to mention. The seller gave me his home phone number and said, when I get some more cash to call him.
You can bet I will.

[nagantguy]

Great find, been unquieless for going on two years! Afraid to open that last one pounder I have, been looking hard last two months, not even at an absorbent price have I found it, been a day late on me once or twice but have been able to purchase 0.

[Buck Neck It]

£35 per pound of powder? You guys invented the Saxon right to bear arms?

[runfiverun]

unique is 19.99 a pound at the sportsmans warehouse today, I looked at 4 of them for about 2 seconds then grabbed 2 pounds of red-dot [after making sure they didn't have an 8 pounder] and a pound of superformance.

still no RL-19 or 2400 in sight.

[TXGunNut]

Interesting how one powder is non-existant in one are and available in another. I'm just glad to see it on the shelf again, even tho my shelves were never empty. Unique IS a nice score though, haven't seen it or much of any pistol powder in quite awhile.

[Lance Boyle]

in uk its £35 a lb ,

Ouch, that's about $50 if my conversion brain works right.

[John Allen]

I need to have that happen to me with 2400 powder.

[Silfield]

in uk its £35 a lb ,
You've being ripped off mate!:kidding:I brought a tub last week for £31!
Hang on a minute-I think we have both been ripped off:takinWiz:

[trapper9260]

You did good on the powder.You never know where it will show up these days for how things are.Also for the price of it all also.Some are way too high in some places.

[ryan28]

You've being ripped off mate!:kidding:I brought a tub last week for £31!
Hang on a minute-I think we have both been ripped off:takinWiz:

Look on the bright side, you don't go through as much in a single shot eh?[smilie=s:

[blaser.306]

Cabela's here has a stock of win. 748 listed at $43.99 plus 10% tax . I am thinking they can keep it.

[Harter66]

Am I a bad man,I haven't even opened the 8# I bought 5 yr ago because I'm still trying to use up the 12# keg my Dad gave me about 12 yr ago and the Red Dot from my grandfather. The 8# then was 116 at Sheels and the 8# 4350 was about 170 ,I just replaced the 4350 on a road trip it was 186 last spring 203 after taxes and all.

[leadman]

The gunshow here in Phoenix has powder and primer. There were a few pistol powders and the rest rifle including SR4759. I bought a thousand CCI LR primers for $23.
Did score a nice sporterized 1891 Arg. Mauser for $80 with 50 rounds of surplus ammo in a plastic box. Also bought a 10" Contender 357 mag barrel with forend for $145.00 in great shape.

[Bazoo]

I scored 2 pounds of unique at the LGS for 25 each the other day. They still Have a pound of claydot that I passed on.

[762 shooter]

Prices haven't changed that much retail.

Fall of 2012 (pre Newtown) I paid $116.95 for as many eight pounders of Unique as I wanted.

Today Gamaliel Shooting Supply has it for $124.95. Out of stock but that's the price.

$8 in 3 years ain't much. It's the supply that sucks.

762

[MUSTANG]

Saw my first 1lb bottle of Unique for sale in over two years yesterday at the Kalispell Gun show. It's still there if someone is looking, $41.00 for a pound is just too steep to pay.

[Fishman]

"Stole a nice sporterized 1891 Arg. Mauser for $80 with 50 rounds of surplus ammo in a plastic box. Also heisted a 10" Contender 357 mag barrel with forend for $145.00 in great shape."

Leadman, I fixed your post :)